Casablanca as it was meant to be seen
Tonight I saw Casablanca on the big screen indoors for the first time. It was excellent. Seeing it at an outdoor cinema was cool, but nothing beats being right up close to the screen, in a cinema seat with popcorn. I noticed things I'd never ever seen before, and certain scenes really took on new depth and resonance (eg: Bogey deciding to turn the tables at the end, Ingrid after hearing Victor is alive), especially because close-ups can have full effect with such a large image. You can see every individual tear Ingrid cries.
Quotes of the night:
Broni: "Is that Fred Astaire?" (After the greatest pan up in cinema history reveals Humphrey Bogart)
Broni: "I didn't like her she was horrible!" (Referring to Ingrid Bergman)
Broni: "Who's that guy?" (Seven times at various points during the film)
Broni: "What's going on?" (Nine times at various points during the film)
Ha ha!, no actually it was cool to see the reactions of people who don't watch many old movies. Most people really liked it, which was great. The cinema laughed in all the right places (unlike at Moonlight where they laughed at the dramatic scenes).
The only problem was as usual for a mainstream cinema, they screwed up and projected the film in the wrong aspect ratio (about 180 when it was shot in 133). So the bottom of the frame was cut off, meaning you couldn't see the gun in Ingrid's hand when she pulls it on Bogey. Everyone was like, "Why does he look so worried all of a sudden??". I was gonna complain, but I was in too good a mood after.
I really felt motivated this time to try and be more selfless and heroic in real life, and to not just experience things like that vicariously through movies. A great movie will inspire you like this, but there's always the danger of just enjoying it as entertainment and then going back to being the same selfish person.
Going in, I got to say "One for Casablanca" for the first time.
Quotes of the night:
Broni: "Is that Fred Astaire?" (After the greatest pan up in cinema history reveals Humphrey Bogart)
Broni: "I didn't like her she was horrible!" (Referring to Ingrid Bergman)
Broni: "Who's that guy?" (Seven times at various points during the film)
Broni: "What's going on?" (Nine times at various points during the film)
Ha ha!, no actually it was cool to see the reactions of people who don't watch many old movies. Most people really liked it, which was great. The cinema laughed in all the right places (unlike at Moonlight where they laughed at the dramatic scenes).
The only problem was as usual for a mainstream cinema, they screwed up and projected the film in the wrong aspect ratio (about 180 when it was shot in 133). So the bottom of the frame was cut off, meaning you couldn't see the gun in Ingrid's hand when she pulls it on Bogey. Everyone was like, "Why does he look so worried all of a sudden??". I was gonna complain, but I was in too good a mood after.
I really felt motivated this time to try and be more selfless and heroic in real life, and to not just experience things like that vicariously through movies. A great movie will inspire you like this, but there's always the danger of just enjoying it as entertainment and then going back to being the same selfish person.
Going in, I got to say "One for Casablanca" for the first time.